Jack White Denies Allegations of Domestic Misdeeds

Jack White denied making threats against Karen Elson, his estranged wife, in a court filing made Friday in response to Elson’s request for a temporary restraining order.

In the filing, the rocker denied Elson’s claims and said she reneged on a verbal agreement to settle without mediation, according to the Associated Press. He asked the court to set up a temporary parenting plan and said he doesn’t oppose the temporary restraining order except for communications about the children, the AP said.

Elson, a singer and model, had been granted a temporary restraining order against White pending a court hearing. She submitted an email allegedly written by White that expressed his displeasure with her plans for their children’s schooling, and criticized Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, the AP said.

“The reason for filing this response is that Mr. White does not want to be portrayed as something he is not, violent to his wife or children,” wrote White’s attorney, Cathy Speers Johnson.

White also submitted emails allegedly by Elson in which she said she and the children missed him and that he was a great father.

According to Elson’s filing, White wanted to remove their son out of the same class shared with the child of another musician whom White felt had “ripped off” his music. In an email, White criticizes Auerbach and says he didn’t want to spend the next 12 years sitting in kids’ chairs “with people trying to lump us in together,” the AP said.

A representative for White said his comment would be contained in his responses pleading to the court. Elson’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.